Winston Churchill High School - Chancellor Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Speech students learn about ' communication ' (B) For her oral presentation grade, Chris Cairnes shows the proper way to make home-made pancakes (photo by Moore). (C) Learning how to communicate ideas, David Blaker explains to his speech class how to play solitaire (photo by Moore). (E) Preparing for a tournament at Lee, Carolyn DeLecour briefs Lew Dick on the tournament time tables (photo by Moore). (F) While in the library. Bill Nantz selects a book for a report that he is doing in his speech class (photo by Saenz). Pages by Arthur Kliewer 1 33

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SPEECH (A) While Carolyn DeLecour grades students on their oral presentations, Tim Rivers watches a stu- dent demonstrate making paper flowers (photo by Moore). (D) While preparing for their reports in the library, Sabrina Castillo, Karen Nolan and Nancy Cutler take notes for speech class (photo by Saenz). (G) Mandy Youngblood shows the best types of yarn to use for weaving during her oral presentation in her third period speech class (photo by Moore). Speech students learned that com- munication is more than just talking, explained Ms. Carolyn DeLecour, speech teacher and sponsor of the National For- ensic League (NFL). In Speech I, the students studied the basics, added Ms. DeLecour, vi hile in Speech II and III classes, they covered the various types of public speaking in more detail. Those students taking Speech IV were involved in tournament competition, she said. Mark Kolitz, Speech IV student, indi- cated that he really enjoyed attending tournmaments because interacting with people from other schools interested him very much. 132

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(B) Working in the fall speech tournament, Karl Hays and Peter Kelly announce the winners in the extemp and oration categories (photo by Moore). (0) Checking the tournament judging, Andrea Rupp and Susan Birkeland work at the National Forensic League ' s annual speech tournament (photo by Moore). (G) Mark Kolitz, speech student, begins to write contest winners on the board (photo by Moore). (F) NFL members are FRONT ROW: Tebbenkamp, reporter-historian, Kelly, vice president, Rupp, sec- retary treasurer, Dick, president, SECOND ROW: Kline, Kolitz, Parr, Rivers, Theis, Birkeland, Bode, Engle, BACK ROW: Fielder, Huddle, Kaster, Dickey, Sandell, Colvin, Ms. DeLecour, sponsor (photo by Wells). D About 2,000 students from all over Texas competed in the annual speech tournament sponsored by National For- ensic League (NFL) members. From the tournament, NFL members earned about $2,500. The money was used to help speech students travel to compete in other tournaments, explained Ms. Carolyn DeLecour, sponsor. Members attended about 15 tourna- ments during the year which required a great amount of dedication, said Ms. DeLecour, because tournament prepara- tion was so time consuming. Speech students who wanted to become a member of the league were required to earn 25 points. They earned points by attending tournaments, gain- ing additional points if they placed. They also had to be in the top half of their class academically, she said. In addition, those who e arned enough points were awarded letter jackets, con- cluded Ms. DeLecour. B s H 1 f 1 L {h. L Z M